Current Grants

Synthesis of Global Color Mosaics of Asteroid (433) Eros

Role: Principal Investigator

Total Award: $619k

Award Period: 03/01/2019 – 03/01/2022

Source: NASA ROSES Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, & Tools (Grant NNH18ZDA001N-PDART)

Seismometer for Ocean Worlds (SeisWorlds)/Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS)

Role: Co-I, Project Scientist

PI: Samuel (“Hop”) Bailey, University of Arizona

Total Award: $2.06M

Award Period: 5/01/2019 – 4/31/2021

Source: NASA ROSES Instrument Concepts for Europan Exploration 2 (Grant NNH18ZDA001N-ICEE2)

Seismometer for a Lunar Network (SLN)

Role: Co-I, Project Scientist

PI: Samuel (“Hop”) Bailey, University of Arizona

Total Award: $2.88M

Award Period: 1/1/2019 – 1/1/2022

Source: NASA ROSES Development & Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (Grant NNH18ZDA001N-DALI)

Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS)

Role: Co-I, Project Scientist

PI: Samuel (“Hop”) Bailey, University of Arizona

Total Award: $2.38M

Award Period: 8/1/2017 – 8/31/2020

Source: NASA ROSES Planetary Science Through Analog Research (Grant NNH16ZDA001N-PSTAR)

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission–Phase-B/C/D/E

Role: Co-I, Image Processing Working Group (IPWG) Lead

PI: Dante Lauretta, University of Arizona

Total Award: $79.78M (IPWG portion approximately $5M)

Award Period: 12/16/2011 – 10/31/2023

Source: NASA MSFC New Frontiers Program Office (Contract NNM10AA11C)

Current Spacecraft Involvement

OSIRIS-REx, IVO

Peer-reviewed manuscripts & proceedings

2020                                                                                                                                                   

DellaGiustina, D.N., Kaplan, H.H., Simon, A.A., Bottke, W.F., Avdellidou, C., Delbo, M., Ballouz, R.-L., Golish, D.R., Walsh, K.J., Popescu, M., Campins, H., Barucci, M.A., Poggiali, G., Daly, R.T., Le Core, L., Hamilton, V.E., Porter, N., Jawin, E.R., McCoy, T.J., Connolly Jr, H.C. Rizos Garcia, J.L., Tatsumi, E., de Leon, J., Licandro, J., Fornasier, S., Daly, M.M., Al Asad, M.M., Philpott L., Seabrook, J., Barnouin, Clark, B.E., Nolan, M.C., Howell, E.S., Binzel, R.P., Rizk. B., Reuter, D.C., Lauretta, D.S. Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2020) Nature Astronomy. In Press. DOI:10.1038/s41550-020-1195-z

Jawin, E. R., Walsh, K. J., Barnouin, O. S., McCoy, T. J., Ballouz, R.‐L., DellaGiustina, D. N., Connolly Jr., H. C., Marshall, J., Beddingfield, C., Nolan, M. C., Molaro, J. L., Bennett, C. A., Scheeres, D. J., Daly, M. G., Al Asad, M., Daly, R. T., Bierhaus, E. B., Susorney, H. C. M., Kaplan, H. H., Enos, H. L., Lauretta, D. S. Global patterns of recent mass movement on asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006475. DOI: 10.1029/2020JE006475

Marusiak, A.G., Schmerr, N.C., DellaGiustina, D.N., Pettit, E.C., Dahl, P.H., Avenson, B., Bailey, S.H., Bray, V.J., Wagner, N., Carr, C.G., Weber, R.C. The deployment of the seismometer to investigate ice and ocean structure (SIIOS) on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska. (2020) Seismological Research Letters, 91(3), pp.1901-1914. DOI:10.1785/0220190328

Edmundson, K.L., Becker, K.J., Becker, T.L., Bennett, C.A., DellaGiustina, D.N., Golish, D.R., Porter, N.A., Rizk, B., d’Aubigny, C.D., Daly, M.G., Palmer, E. Photogrammetric processing of OSIRIS-REx images of asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2020) ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 3, pp.587-594. DOI:10.5194/isprs-annals-V-3-2020-587-2020

Molaro, J.L., Walsh, K.J., Jawin, E.R., Ballouz, R.-L., Bennett, C.A., DellaGiustina, D.N., Golish, D.R., Drouet d’Aubigny, C., Rizk, B., Schwartz, S.R., Hanna, R.D., Martel, S.J., Pajola, M., Campins, H., Ryan, A.J., Bottke, W.F., Lauretta, D.S. In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface. (2020) Nature Communications, 11 (1), art. no. 2913. DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-16528-7

Golish, D.R., Drouet d’Aubigny, C., Rizk, B., DellaGiustina, D.N., Smith, P.H., Becker, K., Shultz, N., Stone, T., Barker, M.K., Mazarico, E., Tatsumi, E., Gaskell, R.W., Harrison, L., Merrill, C., Fellows, C., Williams, B., O’Dougherty, S., Whiteley, M., Hancock, J., Clark, B.E., Hergenrother, C.W., Lauretta, D.S. Ground and in-flight calibration of the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite. (2020) Space Science Reviews, 216 (1), art. no. 12. DOI:10.1007/s11214-019-0626-6

Golish, D.R., DellaGiustina, D.N., Li, J.-Y., Clark, B.E., Zou, X.-D., Smith, P.H., Rizos, J.L., Hasselmann, P.H., Bennett, C.A., Fornasier, S., Ballouz, R.-L., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., Rizk, B., Daly, M.G., Barnouin, O.S., Philpott, L., Al Asad, M.M., Seabrook, J.A., Johnson, C.L., Lauretta, D.S. Disk-resolved photometric modeling and properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2020) Icarus, art. no. 113724. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113724

Bennett, C.A., DellaGiustina, D.N., Becker, K.J., Becker, T.L., Edmundson, K.L., Golish, D.R., Bennett, R.J., Burke, K.N., Cue, C.N.U., Clark, B.E., Contreras, J., Deshapriya, J.D.P., d'Aubigny, C.D., Fitzgibbon, G., Jawin, E.R., Nolan, T.Q., Porter, N.A., Riehl, M.M., Roper, H.L., Rizk, B., Tang, Y., Zeszut, Z., Gaskell, R.W., Palmer, E.E., Weirich, J.R., Al Asad, M.M., Philpott, L., Daly, M.G., Barnouin, O.S., Enos, H.L., Lauretta, D.S. A high-resolution global basemap of (101955) Bennu. (2020) Icarus, art. no. 113690. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113690

2019                                                                                                                                                   

Lauretta, D.S., Hergenrother, C.W., Chesley, S.R., Leonard, J.M., Pelgrift, J.Y., Adam, C.D., Asad, M.Al., Antreasian, P.G., Ballouz, R.-L., Becker, K.J., Bennett, C.A., Bos, B.J., Bottke, W.F., Brozović, M., Campins, H., Connolly, H.C., Daly, M.G., Davis, A.B., de León, J., DellaGiustina, D.N., Drouet d’Aubigny, C.Y., Dworkin, J.P., Emery, J.P., Farnocchia, D., Glavin, D.P., Golish, D.R., Hartzell, C.M., Jacobson, R.A., Jawin, E.R., Jenniskens, P., Kidd, J.N., Lessac-Chenen, E.J., Li, J.-Y., Libourel, G., Licandro, J., Liounis, A.J., Maleszewski, C.K., Manzoni, C., May, B., McCarthy, L.K., McMahon, J.W., Michel, P., Molaro, J.L., Moreau, M.C., Nelson, D.S., Owen, W.M., Rizk, B., Roper, H.L., Rozitis, B., Sahr, E.M., Scheeres, D.J., Seabrook, J.A., Selznick, S.H., Takahashi, Y., Thuillet, F., Tricarico, P., Vokrouhlický, D., Wolner, C.W.V. Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2019) Science, 366 (6470), art. no. eaay354. DOI:10.1126/science.aay3544

DellaGiustina, D.N., Habib, N., Domanik, K.J., Hill, D.H., Lauretta, D.S., Goreva, Y.S., Killgore, M., Hexiong, Y., Downs, R.T. The Fukang pallasite: characterization and implications for the history of the Main-group parent body. (2019) Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 54 (8), pp. 1781-1807.  DOI:10.1111/maps.13313

Hergenrother, C.W., Maleszewski, C.K., Nolan, M.C., Li, J.-Y., Drouet d’Aubigny, C.Y., Shelly, F.C., Howell, E.S., Kareta, T.R., Izawa, M.R.M., Barucci, M.A., Bierhaus, E.B., Campins, H., Chesley, S.R., Clark, B.E., Christensen, E.J., DellaGiustina, D.N., Fornasier, S., Golish, D.R., Hartzell, C.M., Rizk, B., Scheeres, D.J., Smith, P.H., Zou, X.-D., Lauretta, The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations. (2019) Nature Communications, 10 (1), art. no. 1291. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-09213-x

Lauretta, D.S., DellaGiustina, D.N., Bennett, C.A., Golish, D.R., Becker, K.J., Balram-Knutson, S.S., Barnouin, O.S., Becker, T.L., Bottke, W.F., Boynton, W.V., Campins, H., Clark, B.E., Connolly, H.C., Jr., Drouet d’Aubigny, C.Y., Dworkin, J.P., Emery, J.P., Enos, H.L., Hamilton, V.E., Hergenrother, C.W., Howell, E.S., Izawa, M.R.M., Kaplan, H.H., Nolan, M.C., Rizk, B., Roper, H.L., Scheeres, D.J., Smith, P.H., Walsh, K.J., Wolner, C.W.V., The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2019) Nature, 568 (7750), pp. 55-60.  DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1033-6

Walsh, K.J., Jawin, E.R., Ballouz, R.-L., Barnouin, O.S., Bierhaus, E.B., Connolly, H.C., Jr., Molaro, J.L., McCoy, T.J., Delbo’, M., Hartzell, C.M., Pajola, M., Schwartz, S.R., Trang, D., Asphaug, E., Becker, K.J., Beddingfield, C.B., Bennett, C.A., Bottke, W.F., Burke, K.N., Clark, B.C., Daly, M.G., DellaGiustina, D.N., Dworkin, J.P., Elder, C.M., Golish, D.R., Hildebrand, A.R., Malhotra, R., Marshall, J., Michel, P., Nolan, M.C., Perry, M.E., Rizk, B., Ryan, A., Sandford, S.A., Scheeres, D.J., Susorney, H.C.M., Thuillet, F., Lauretta, D.S., The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface. (2019) Nature Geoscience, 12, pp. 242-246.  DOI:10.1038/s41561-019-0326-6

DellaGiustina, D.N., Emery, J.P., Golish, D.R., Rozitis, B., Bennett, C.A., Burke, K.N., Ballouz, R.-L., Becker, K.J., Christensen, P.R., Drouet d’Aubigny, C.Y., Hamilton, V.E., Reuter, D.C., Rizk, B., Simon, A.A., Asphaug, E., Bandfield, J.L., Barnouin, O.S., Barucci, M.A., Bierhaus, E.B., Binzel, R.P., Bottke, W.F., Bowles, N.E., Campins, H., Clark, B.C., Clark, B.E., Connolly, H.C., Jr., Daly, M.G., Leon, J., Delbo’, M., Deshapriya, J.D.P., Elder, C.M., Fornasier, S., Hergenrother, C.W., Howell, E.S., Jawin, E.R., Kaplan, H.H., Kareta, T.R., Le Corre, L., Li, J.-Y., Licandro, J., Lim, L.F., Michel, P., Molaro, J., Nolan, M.C., Pajola, M., Popescu, M., Garcia, J.L.R., Ryan, A., Schwartz, S.R., Shultz, N., Siegler, M.A., Smith, P.H., Tatsumi, E., Thomas, C.A., Walsh, K.J., Wolner, C.W.V., Zou, X.-D., Lauretta, The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis. (2019) Nature Astronomy, 3 (4), pp. 341-351.  DOI:10.1038/s41550-019-0731-1

Barnouin, O.S., Daly, M.G., Palmer, E.E., Gaskell, R.W., Weirich, J.R., Johnson, C.L., Al Asad, M.M., Roberts, J.H., Perry, M.E., Susorney, H.C.M., Daly, R.T., Bierhaus, E.B., Seabrook, J.A., Espiritu, R.C., Nair, A.H., Nguyen, L., Neumann, G.A., Ernst, C.M., Boynton, W.V., Nolan, M.C., Adam, C.D., Moreau, M.C., Rizk, B., Drouet D’Aubigny, C.Y., Jawin, E.R., Walsh, K.J., Michel, P., Schwartz, S.R., Ballouz, R.-L., Mazarico, E.M., Scheeres, D.J., McMahon, J.W., Bottke, W.F., Sugita, S., Hirata, N., Watanabe, S.-I., Burke, K.N., DellaGiustina, D.N., Bennett, C.A., Lauretta, D.S., and The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness. (2019) Nature Geoscience, 12 (4), pp. 247-252.  DOI:10.1038/s41561-019-0330-x

Scheeres, D.J., McMahon, J.W., French, A.S., Brack, D.N., Chesley, S.R., Farnocchia, D., Takahashi, Y., Leonard, J.M., Geeraert, J., Page, B., Antreasian, P., Getzandanner, K., Rowlands, D., Mazarico, E.M., Small, J., Highsmith, D.E., Moreau, M., Emery, J.P., Rozitis, B., Hirabayashi, M., Sánchez, P., Van wal, S., Tricarico, P., Ballouz, R.-L., Johnson, C.L., Al Asad, M.M., Susorney, H.C.M., Barnouin, O.S., Daly, M.G., Seabrook, J.A., Gaskell, R.W., Palmer, E.E., Weirich, J.R., Walsh, K.J., Jawin, E.R., Bierhaus, E.B., Michel, P., Bottke, W.F., Nolan, M.C., Connolly, H.C., Jr., Lauretta, D.S., The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements. (2019) Nature Astronomy, 3 (4), pp. 352-361.  DOI:10.1038/s41550-019-0721-3

Hamilton, V.E., Simon, A.A., Christensen, P.R., Reuter, D.C., Clark, B.E., Barucci, M.A., Bowles, N.E., Boynton, W.V., Brucato, J.R., Cloutis, E.A., Connolly, H.C., Jr., Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Emery, J.P., Enos, H.L., Fornasier, S., Haberle, C.W., Hanna, R.D., Howell, E.S., Kaplan, H.H., Keller, L.P., Lantz, C., Li, J.-Y., Lim, L.F., McCoy, T.J., Merlin, F., Nolan, M.C., Praet, A., Rozitis, B., Sandford, S.A., Schrader, D.L., Thomas, C.A., Zou, X.-D., Lauretta, D.S., The OSIRIS-REx Team (100+ coauthors). Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2019) Nature Astronomy, 3 (4), pp. 332-340.  DOI:10.1038/s41550-019-0722-2

Simon, A.A., Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Drouet d'Aubigny, C.Y., Poggiali, G., Emery, J.P., Brucato, J., Cosentino, R.G., Reuter, D.C., Golish, D.R., DellaGiustina, D.N., Lunsford, A., Gorius, N., Smith, P.H., Lauretta, D.S.  OSIRIS-REx visible and near-infrared observations of the Moon. (2019) Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (12), pp. 6322-6326. DOI:10.1029/2019GL083341

2018                                                                                                                                                   

Rizk, B., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., Hergenrother, C.W., Bos, B.J., Golish, D.R., Malhotra, R., Lauretta, D.S., Butt, J., Patel, J., Fitzgibbon, M., May, C., Bierhaus, E.B., Freund, S., Fisher, M., Cambioni, S., Bennett, C.A., Balram-Knutson, S.S., Harshman, K., DellaGiustina, D.N., Antreasian, P., Leonard, J., Mink, R., Calloway, A., Bartels, A.E., Enos, H., Boynton, W.V., Nolan, M.C., Moreau, M. OSIRIS-REx low-velocity particles during outbound cruise. (2019) Advances in Space Research, 63 (1), pp. 672-691.  DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.020

DellaGiustina, D.N., Bennett, C.A., Becker, K., Golish, D.R., Le Corre, L., Cook, D.A., Edmundson, K.L., Chojnacki, M., Sutton, S.S., Milazzo, M.P., Carcich, B., Nolan, M.C., Habib, N., Burke, K.N., Becker, T., Smith, P.H., Walsh, K.J., Getzandanner, K., Wibben, D.R., Leonard, J.M., Westermann, M.M., Polit, A.T., Kidd, J.N., Jr., Hergenrother, C.W., Boynton, W.V., Backer, J., Sides, S., Mapel, J., Berry, K., Roper, H., Drouet d'Aubigny, C., Rizk, B., Crombie, M.K., Kinney-Spano, E.K., de León, J., Rizos, J.L., Licandro, J., Campins, H.C., Clark, B.E., Enos, H.L., Lauretta, D.S. Overcoming the challenges associated with image-based mapping of small bodies in preparation for the OSIRIS-REx mission to (101955) Bennu. (2018) Earth and Space Science, 5 (12), pp. 929-949. DOI:10.1029/2018EA000382

de León, J., Campins, H., Morate, D., De Prá, M., Alí-Lagoa, V., Licandro, J., Rizos, J.L., Pinilla-Alonso, N., DellaGiustina, D.N., Lauretta, D.S., Popescu, M., Lorenzi, V. Expected spectral characteristics of (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, targets of the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 missions. (2018) Icarus, 313, pp. 25-37.  DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.009

Rizk, B., Drouet d’Aubigny, C., Golish, D., Fellows, C., Merrill, C., Smith, P., Walker, M.S., Hendershot, J.E., Hancock, J., Bailey, S.H., DellaGiustina, D.N., Lauretta, D.S., Tanner, R., Williams, M., Harshman, K., Fitzgibbon, M., Verts, W., Chen, J., Connors, T., Hamara, D., Dowd, A., Lowman, A., Dubin, M., Burt, R., Whiteley, M., Watson, M., McMahon, T., Ward, M., Booher, D., Read, M., Williams, B., Hunten, M., Little, E., Saltzman, T., Alfred, D., O’Dougherty, S., Walthall, M., Kenagy, K., Peterson, S., Crowther, B., Perry, M.L., See, C., Selznick, S., Sauve, C., Beiser, M., Black, W., Pfisterer, R.N., Lancaster, A., Oliver, S., Oquest, C., Crowley, D., Morgan, C., Castle, C., Dominguez, R., Sullivan, M. OCAMS: The OSIRIS-REx camera suite. (2018) Space Science Reviews, 214 (1), art. no. 26. DOI:10.1007/s11214-017-0460-7

2017                                                                                                                                                   

Lauretta, D.S., Balram-Knutson, S.S., Beshore, E., Boynton, W.V., Drouet d’Aubigny, C., DellaGiustina, D.N., Enos, H.L., Golish, D.R., Hergenrother, C.W., Howell, E.S., Bennett, C.A., Morton, E.T., Nolan, M.C., Rizk, B., Roper, H.L., Bartels, A.E., Bos, B.J., Dworkin, J.P., Highsmith, D.E., Lorenz, D.A., Lim, L.F., Mink, R., Moreau, M.C., Nuth, J.A., Reuter, D.C., Simon, A.A., Bierhaus, E.B., Bryan, B.H., Ballouz, R., Barnouin, O.S., Binzel, R.P., Bottke, W.F., Hamilton, V.E., Walsh, K.J., Chesley, S.R., Christensen, P.R., Clark, B.E., Connolly, H.C., Crombie, M.K., Daly, M.G., Emery, J.P., McCoy, T.J., McMahon, J.W., Scheeres, D.J., Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Righter, K., Sandford, S.A. OSIRIS-REx: sample return from asteroid (101955) Bennu. (2017) Space Science Reviews, 212 (1-2), pp. 925-984.  DOI:10.1007/s11214-017-0405-1

2013                                                                                                                                                   

Brooks, A.E., DellaGiustina, D.N., Patterson, S.M., Cronin, A.D. The consequence of soiling on PV system performance in Arizona; Comparing three study methods. (2013) Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, art. no. 6744259, pp. 754-758.  DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744259

DellaGiustina, D.N., Brooks, A.E., Germaine, M.T.S., Patterson, S.M., Cronin, A.D. Characterization and use of a Sinton FMT-350 flash tester at the Tucson Electric Power solar test yard. (2013) Proceedings of Optics for Solar Energy, art. no. RW2D-4. DOI:10.1364/ose.2013.rw2d.4

Cormode, D., Cronin, A.D., Richardson, W., Lorenzo, A.T., Brooks, A.E., DellaGiustina, D.N. Comparing ramp rates from large and small PV systems, and selection of batteries for ramp rate control. (2013) Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, art. no. 6744493, pp. 1805-1810.  DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744493

Brooks, A.E., Fijal, J., Germaine, M.T.S., Orsburn, S., Greenberg, J., Lonij, V.P.A., DellaGiustina, D.N., Cronin, A.D. Conversion efficiencies of six grid-tied inverters at the Tucson Electric Power solar test yard. (2013) Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, art. no. 6745066, pp. 2853-2856.  DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745066